Progress today announced the latest release of Progress Corticon Business Rules Management System (BRMS). The Corticon Rules without Limits system makes it possible for business and IT professionals to collaborate on business rule development, execution and management and deploy on either Java or .NET platforms. The announcement was made at the Progress Users Group (PUG) … continue reading
MongoDB is in fifth place on db-engines.com’s list of databases based on popularity. Leading the way is Oracle, followed by the open-source MySQL project, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL. Kelly Stirman, vice president of strategy at MongoDB, told me this week at the company’s user conference that of 200 NoSQL databases that exist today, only … continue reading
Every account you have should have a different password, and those passwords should contain special characters, upper and lowercase letters, and numbers, according to common password recommendations. That, though, makes it difficult to remember them all. But what if you didn’t have to? Researchers at the University of Binghamton believe they have discovered a way … continue reading
HP rolled out a slew of new products and company announcements at the HP Discover conference in Las Vegas, including the Grommet open-source app development framework, new Machine architecture, and a timeline for its split into HP Inc. and HP Enterprise. In addition to the developer-focused functional test automation solution covered earlier in the week, … continue reading
Google has moved the code repository for its Dart programming language and ecosystem onto GitHub. The company also announced it is shutting down the Chrome Dev Editor project, its JavaScript and Dart code editor. Existing pull requests will be merged onto GitHub, and Google will continue development in the form of the Chrome Apps platform, … continue reading
Following a look inside Ansible 2.0 and Ansible Tower 2.2, the open-source community took the lead at AnsibleFest NYC in presentations showing how the versatile technology works in tandem with popular platforms such as Docker and OpenStack. In a presentation entitled “Operating Your OpenStack Cloud Using Ansible,” Rackspace cloud solutions architect Walter Bentley explained why, … continue reading
BlueData, provider of the leading infrastructure software platform for Big Data, today announced support for Docker. With the BlueData EPICTM platform running on Docker, enterprise IT organizations will be able to quickly and easily deploy Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark in a lightweight container environment. Data scientists and developers can now download BlueData EPIC Lite … continue reading
DataTorrent, the leader in real-time big data analytics and creator of the world’s only enterprise-grade unified stream and batch processing platform, today announced it will be making the DataTorrent RTS core engine available under the Apache 2.0 license. In addition to the open source announcement, DataTorrent also announced the release of DataTorrent RTS 3, aimed … continue reading
Peer programming, also known as pair programming, is a method normally used in agile environments that refers to a pair of programmers working together on one computer or workstation. The idea is for each to learn from the other. In this SD Times GitHub Project of the Week, CodeBuddies takes peer programming to the next … continue reading
Organizations interested in a microservices architecture should start with a monolithic approach first, then move to a microservice approach later, according to Martin Fowler, software engineer, author and a thought leader on Continuous Integration and microservices. He said he noticed two common patterns from teams using a microservices approach: The successful teams started with a … continue reading
GitHub has announced the creation of GitHub Japan G.K., a subsidiary of GitHub located in Tokyo. This is the company’s first official office outside of the U.S. According to GitHub, the company would not be where it is today without the Japanese developer community. “Our site is built on Rails, which is built on Ruby, … continue reading
Mozilla has updated its developer browser, Firefox Developer Edition, with new performance tools designed to help developers build interactive websites and Web apps. The new performance tools give developers a deeper understanding into how their apps, websites and games perform. The tools can be found under the performance tab. In addition, the performance tab features … continue reading
